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beet-rooted adj. A drinker who has sunk into the furniture with earthy determination and a conspicuous flush. Yeleina was beet-rooted in the armchair, holding her glass of water with both hands. beetballed adj. You are drunk and treating mashed beetroot as a meatball, with the confidence of someone offering catering advice. Silvana was beetballed, insisting that the purple spheres required only a stronger gravy. beeted (/biːtd/) adj. Too drunk to distinguish a root vegetable from a sensible basis for a major decision. Cornisha was beeted and selected the restaurant by pointing at the first red object she saw. beetflied adj. Of a drinker: confidently burrowing through conversations, leaving small damaged patches wherever attention has landed. Chanae was beetflied, mining through three conversations and damaging each one before moving on. beetle banked adj. Drunk beyond managing the kitchen, yet still providing a sheltered strip where useful things gather. Cheney was beetle banked, asleep beside the skirting board while the glasses assembled nearby. beetle browed adj. Drunk in a way that leaves the eyebrows overhanging the eyes, particularly during attempts to find the sofa. Baelin became beetle browed while searching beneath the table for a glass of water. beetle bugged adj. Drunk, with the result that the sofa becomes a small, mossy refuge from the household. Albirdia was beetle bugged by ten, tucked beneath a blanket beside the untouched tea. beetle drived adj. Drunk to a degree that assembling a simple game becomes a modest domestic fundraiser. Alizabeth was beetle drived, charging everyone a pound to draw insects on the shopping list. beetle grassed adj. Drunk to the extent of spreading through the kitchen in a narrow, persistent strip. Rafeek was beetle grassed, moving from the fridge to the sofa by the longest possible route. beetle mited adj. Drunk on the strength of many tiny decisions, each preserved in the sofa cushions. beetle-crushered adj. Drunk since last orders, and possessed of feet too flat for the journey from kitchen to sofa. Judette was beetle-crushered, leaving broad silent pauses between the kettle and the armchair. beetle-squashered adj. Drunk by the third round, and advancing across the carpet with considerable flatness. Neana was beetle-squashered, her route to the sofa marked by abandoned slippers. beetle-stickered adj. Drunk by closing time, and cataloguing the small household creatures nobody else can see. Jeorgina was beetle-stickered, identifying imaginary specimens along the kitchen skirting board. beetlebrained adj. Still drunk, and approaching the glass of water with the concentration of a person solving a difficult puzzle. Tasani was beetlebrained, trying to open the water bottle with the television remote. beetled (/[ˈbiɾəɫ]d/) adj. Drunk past the point of distinguishing a shell from a hat, and settling for either. Naheem spent the evening beetled, polishing the saucepan lid before retiring to the sofa. beetleheaded adj. Too drunk to recognise that the saucepan belongs in the kitchen rather than on the sofa. Karilee was beetleheaded and carried the colander into the sitting room for safekeeping.